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Warning as methadone mixing linked to drug deaths

Exclusive: Tighter controls over prescribing have been demanded after new research found that 88% of recovering Scottish addicts who eventually died were taking potentially dangerous anti-anxiety drugs in addition to methadone.

Tighter controls over prescribing have been demanded after new research found that 88% of recovering Scottish addicts who eventually died were taking potentially dangerous anti-anxiety drugs in addition to methadone.